Up to Four Teams to Compete for $2,000,000 in Space Elevator Games

Ben Shelef of the SpaceWard Foundation reports that he has secured a date for this years Power Beaming Challenge AKA the Space Elevator Games with up to $2,000,000 in NASA Centennial Challenge prize money at stake now that the previous technical issues have been resolved. Three teams have qualified for the games with a fourth attempting to qualify. It appears that this time around someone will win at least level 2 in prize money. The competition is scheduled for the week of November 2 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base near Mojave, California.

On November 2nd and 3rd the SpaceWard Foundation will set-up, test and calibrate the competition tether with the actual competition to take place starting on Wednesday the 4th.

Each team will get one 45-minute climb window per day and will repeat the process over 3 days to make sure each team can achieve the best score they are capable of.

Teams must climb the 1 km tether with their laser-powered vehicles. To qualify for the second level prize of $900,000 they must climb the tether at an average speed of 2 meters per second. To qualify for the first level prize of an additional $1,100,000 they must climb the tether at 5 meters per second.

Ben Shelef of the SpaceWard Foundation reports that he has secured a date for this years Power Beaming Challenge AKA the Space Elevator Games with up to \$2,000,000 in NASA Centennial Challenge prize money at stake now that the previous technical issues have been resolved. Three teams have qualified for the games with a fourth attempting to qualify. It appears that this time around someone will win at least level 2 in prize money. The competition is scheduled for the week of November 2 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base near Mojave, California.